In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: hso: fix null-ptr-deref during tty device unregistration

Multiple ttys try to claim the same the minor number causing a double
unregistration of the same device. The first unregistration succeeds
but the next one results in a null-ptr-deref.

The get_free_serial_index() function returns an available minor number
but doesn't assign it immediately. The assignment is done by the caller
later. But before this assignment, calls to get_free_serial_index()
would return the same minor number.

Fix this by modifying get_free_serial_index to assign the minor number
immediately after one is found to be and rename it to obtain_minor()
to better reflect what it does. Similary, rename set_serial_by_index()
to release_minor() and modify it to free up the minor number of the
given hso_serial. Every obtain_minor() should have corresponding
release_minor() call.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6971-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 08:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T06:59:59.657Z

Reserved: 2024-02-25T13:45:52.716Z

Link: CVE-2021-46904

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:17:42.846Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-26T16:27:45.260

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:34:53.943

Link: CVE-2021-46904

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-02-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-46904 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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